EDLD 5399- First Day, First Week, First Month and First Year

First day:

Goal:  My goal for the first day would be to call a meeting with my administrative team.  My administrative team would include, depending on the structure of the district, the chief financial officer, my administrative assistant, the assistant superintendent, executive directors, director of human resources, public relations director, and chief operations officer. 

Objective:  The purpose of this meeting would be to meet with them as a group and let them know of my goal to meet with them individually throughout the first month with a specific list of questions to help guide our conversations.  This set of questions would be crafted with the insight gained from the interviews and from reviewing district data.

Activities addressing goals and objectives:  Development of questions for interviews, agenda for the meeting

Resources needed to achieve goals and objectives:  Informal gathering of information from interviews, AIES data to review assessment and budget data

First Week:

Goal:  My goal for the first week would be to make contact with each board member and begin to meet with each administrative team member to establish a one-on-one hour-long meeting. 

Objective:  The purpose of these meetings would be to meet with them individually to find out what their goals are for the district, what strengths they see, and what challenges they see with our district.

Activities addressing goals and objectives:  I would send the questions out prior to the meetings so they can prepare for the meetings.  After all the meetings, I would gather the responses into categories and share those findings throughout additional meetings.

Resources needed to achieve goals and objectives:  time, locations and questions

First Month:

Goal: My goal for the first month would be to complete the meetings with my administrative team, and board, and reach out to do the same with principals and key community members. 

Objective:  The purpose of these meetings would be to gather information about the community goals for the district, develop relations with community members, and begin building trust within the community.

Activities addressing goals and objectives:  Depending on the time of the year, I would be as visible as possible at campuses, community meetings, and develop a “campaign address” to be shared throughout about who I am and what I am about. I would want to get the public relations department involved in hosting meet the superintendent opportunities. 

Resources needed to achieve goals and objectives:  Access to community meetings, a strong speech for repeated presentations, comprehensive calendar of various community activities,

First Year:

Goal:  My goal for the first year would be to establish regularly scheduled meetings with each board member.  I would also want to identify strengths and challenges of my administrative team.  I would also want to gather information to identify the top five priority issues for the district.  I would want to start developing a plan to address these issues. 

Objective:  My objective would be to establish positive working relationships with the board, my administrative team, and community.  My other objectives would be to provide strong leadership to help guide the decision-making and vision of the district. 

Activities addressing goals and objectives:  Develop a systematic needs assessment instrument to help determine the top five priority issues for the district.  Develop a strong public relations campaign to help market and promote the district. 

Resources needed to achieve goals and objectives:  technology support, a strength/constraints identifying process, team building activities, a needs assessment instrument, public relations campaign structure.